Fight for Pluto !, A Campaign to Reverse the Unjust Demotion |
Fight for Pluto !, A Campaign to Reverse the Unjust Demotion |
Aug 24 2006, 08:24 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: 19-March 05 From: Princeton, NJ, USA Member No.: 212 |
Dear Friends,
Today I am extremely dissapointed that the Pluto Demoters have triumphed. I respect their opinion, but disagree with it. I strongly agree with Alan Stern's statement calling it "absurd" that only 424 astronomers were allowed to vote, out of some 10,000 professional astronomers around the globe. This tiny group is clearly not at all representative by mathematics alone. I believe we should formulate a plan to overturn this unjust decision and return Pluto to full planetary status, and as the first member of a third catagory of planets, Xena being number two. Thus a total of 10 Planets in our Solar System Please respond if you agree that Pluto should be restored as a planet. ken Ken Kremer Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton Program Chairman |
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Aug 25 2006, 10:12 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Truth be told - I think we should be fighting for Ceres. It's a planet - it's a world - it's round, it's got features. Just because it lives with a few friends...it's not a planet? Thats stupid!!
A cow is a cow if it's in a field....or in a field with 20 goats. Doug (PS - Dilo - no, I thought I did get what you meant with your neigborhood comment, but clearly I have it wrong. There is no part of the solar system that can be considered a clean neigbourhood ) |
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Aug 25 2006, 12:00 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 249 Joined: 11-June 05 From: Finland (62°14′N 25°44′E) Member No.: 408 |
(PS - Dilo - no, I thought I did get what you meant with your neigborhood comment, but clearly I have it wrong. There is no part of the solar system that can be considered a clean neigbourhood ) The unfortunate wording was selected to make the text clearer to a layman. It's up to the IAU to decide what the orbital clearing means. According to them, all the eight planets have cleared their neighborhoods, whereas Ceres, Pluto, and 2003 UB313 haven't. Back to polls (Sky & Telescope): QUOTE How Many Planets Do You Think There Should Be in Our Solar System?
8: 38% 9: 28% 10: 10% 12: 15% 53: 9% (Unfortunately they don't show the number of votes.) -------------------- The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.
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Aug 25 2006, 12:11 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
According to them, all the eight planets have cleared their neighborhoods, Complete BULL. I'd have thought SL9 or Tunguska would have reminded us all that clearing is an ongoing process for every 'planet' in the solar system. Their definition is very very very badly written. Take out the 'cleared' tag, and you make it just about acceptable. Doug |
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